Handicraft Collection (page 4)

Profession Alphabet: Remourer. Unknown illustrator, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215202 Profession Alphabet: Remourer. Unknown illustrator, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon

Duties of the child at school: Duties of Servants and Workers to Masters and Bosses
DUV4212839 Duties of the child at school: Duties of Servants and Workers to Masters and Bosses. Attentive apprentices in the workshop

Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist)
DUV4211558 Letters U Usurer; V Harvesters; V Vinegar (manufacturer and dealer of vinegar); Y Eyes (oculist). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Letter T Cooper. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211556 Letter T Cooper. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun, can learn about the most useful Arts to the Society

Double page; Q Rs T; Q Hardware; R Rotisseur;s Locksmith (manufactures locks); T Cooperier
DUV4211523 Double page; Q Rs T; Q Hardware; R Rotisseur;s Locksmith (manufactures locks); T Cooperier. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Letter G Gas (manufacturer of gauze for clothing). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et
DUV4211461 Letter G Gas (manufacturer of gauze for clothing). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Letter C Charron (makes carts and plows). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211435 Letter C Charron (makes carts and plows). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205627 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter H Watchmaker)

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205596 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

France, Haute-Normandie, Seine-Maritime (76), Havre: Objet d'ebenisterie evoking an oriental work with lace
LUX4711718 France, Haute-Normandie, Seine-Maritime (76), Havre: Objet d'ebenisterie evoking an oriental work with lace sculpture, 1870; (add.info.: France, Haute-Normandie, Seine-Maritime (76)

France, Haute-Normandie, Eure (27), Gisors: Furniture d'ebeniste, 1885
LUX4712463 France, Haute-Normandie, Eure (27), Gisors: Furniture d'ebeniste, 1885; (add.info.: France, Haute-Normandie, Eure (27), Gisors: Furniture d'ebeniste, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

An embroidery set in a garden with her embroidery, 1890
LUX4711259 An embroidery set in a garden with her embroidery, 1890; (add.info.: An embroidery set in a garden with her embroidery, 1890); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit
FLO4577785 Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw - Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit

Stone cutter with mallet and chisel model a bevel stone, behind him another cut a stone with the saw - Stone mason
FLO4577762 Stone cutter with mallet and chisel model a bevel stone, behind him another cut a stone with the saw - Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel

Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background
FLO4577748 Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background, an apprentice works the felt in a battery (hot-water kettle)

Spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577721 Spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

A saddle manufacturer - A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop
FLO4577851 A saddle manufacturer - A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.;

Dyeers: one quenches the fabric in a red dye tank, others pump water to fill the rinse tank - Dyer dying bolts of
FLO4577830 Dyeers: one quenches the fabric in a red dye tank, others pump water to fill the rinse tank - Dyer dying bolts of fabric in a barrel

Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliner's shop
FLO4577816 Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliner's shop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc
FLO4577805 Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Jewellery, gold loop and garnets, treasure of the Basilica of Tongeren in Belgium, Merovingian goldsmith
ETI4396778 Jewellery, gold loop and garnets, treasure of the Basilica of Tongeren in Belgium, Merovingian goldsmith.; (add.info.: Jewellery, gold loop and garnets)

Gold and silver reliquary, 1400-1450 - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903)
FLO4643766 Gold and silver reliquary, 1400-1450 - Chromolithography, drawing by Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903), for his book "Costumes

Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm
FLO4666977 Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)

Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte
FLO4647841 Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): studio portrait of an actor in repuller
LUX4719226 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): studio portrait of an actor in repuller, 1893 - Monsieur Marmier in the role of Pierre de remouleur; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Amphorisque Grose II.3B, Grose I.2, Aryballe Grose I.1. Glass. Mould (stained glass)
JEB4872379 Amphorisque Grose II.3B, Grose I.2, Aryballe Grose I.1. Glass. Mould (stained glass) - 3rd century BC - Hellenistic period - Rhodes (Greece) - Inventory number 1778-1779-1782

Popular art: cork creche and santons in grey clay. 19th century Musee Marcel Carbonel, Marseille
JEB4867191 Popular art: cork creche and santons in grey clay. 19th century Musee Marcel Carbonel, Marseille; Musee du Santon, coll.privee M

Tunisia, Sidi Bou Said: A cafe on a pave and shaded square, Turkish style houses and pottery merchant, 1900
LUX4766333 Tunisia, Sidi Bou Said: A cafe on a pave and shaded square, Turkish style houses and pottery merchant, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sidi Bou Said: A cafe on a pave and shaded square)

The production of honey page from "treaty on herbs" by Dioscorides, 15th century (miniature)
VEN5028049 The production of honey page from "treaty on herbs" by Dioscorides, 15th century (miniature); Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Emilia-Romagna

Marble cinerary urn bearing the name of Sestidus Nundinus, 3rd century ap
JEB4911707 Marble cinerary urn bearing the name of Sestidus Nundinus, 3rd century ap. JC, Musee archeologie mediterraneenne, Marseille; Musee d'Archeologie Mediterraneenne, Marseille

Popular art: Mexican wooden saddle covered with parchment and leather, 1882. From Puebla, Mexico
JEB4910143 Popular art: Mexican wooden saddle covered with parchment and leather, 1882. From Puebla, Mexico. Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonnette (Alpes de Haute Provence).; Musee de la Vallee

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908193 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Woman's head topped with a Victory. 3rd century BC. Marble sculpture. From Canosa in Southern Italy
JEB4907350 Woman's head topped with a Victory. 3rd century BC. Marble sculpture. From Canosa in Southern Italy. Mediterranean Archeology Museum of Marseille.; (add.info)

Antique glassware: Orange and Arles glass. Cinerary urn, glass cup, drinking glass, bottle. 2nd - 5th century ap. JC
JEB4908311 Antique glassware: Orange and Arles glass. Cinerary urn, glass cup, drinking glass, bottle. 2nd - 5th century ap. JC

Precolombian civilization: statue of Aztec deity probably Tialoc. 16th century Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonette
JEB4908234 Precolombian civilization: statue of Aztec deity probably Tialoc. 16th century Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonette; Musee de la Vallee, Barcelonnette, Alps de Haute

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908066 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Archeology: large ceramic fish dishes from Campania in Southern Italy. Ancient Greece: 4th century BC
JEB4906501 Archeology: large ceramic fish dishes from Campania in Southern Italy. Ancient Greece: 4th century BC. Mediterranean Archeology Museum

Daily Life of American Indians: Indian Paleon Caribou Hunter. Indians nod the skin of the animal to dry it in
NWI4906140 Daily Life of American Indians: Indian Paleon Caribou Hunter. Indians nod the skin of the animal to dry it in the plains of the United States; (add.info.: Daily Life of American Indians)

Manufacture of cider: picking apples from an orchard, then grinding with a grinding wheel
JAB5037140 Manufacture of cider: picking apples from an orchard, then grinding with a grinding wheel and mounting or forming the clod (stacking crushed apples and straw)

Selling and shipping a parcel of wool. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th
GIA5035865 Selling and shipping a parcel of wool. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th century

Crafts: view of the workshop of Etienne Delaune (1518-1583), goldsmith, French printer
NWI4892618 Crafts: view of the workshop of Etienne Delaune (1518-1583), goldsmith, French printer. Engraving after an original from 1576. Workshop of Etienne Delaulne, a goldsmith in Paris, 1500s

History of Indigenous Peoples: Women decorating pottery on the roof of a Pueblo village, New Mexico
NWI4894282 History of Indigenous Peoples: Women decorating pottery on the roof of a Pueblo village, New Mexico. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

Woman embroidering a bedspread, 19th century
NWI4880016 Woman embroidering a bedspread, 19th century.; (add.info.: Woman embroidering a bedspread, 19th century.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Housewife sewing at home to earn a living, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4879660 Housewife sewing at home to earn a living, USA. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Housewife sewing at home to earn a living, USA)

Women winding hanks of embroidery silks
2602740 Women winding hanks of embroidery silks; (add.info.: Women winding hanks of embroidery silks into convenient balls or onto spindles. Engraving, London, 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Woman working on a piece of needlepoint
2602735 Woman working on a piece of needlepoint; (add.info.: Woman working on a piece of needlepoint held in an embroidery frame. Engraving, London, 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Chinese male embroiderer
2602629 Chinese male embroiderer; (add.info.: Chinese male embroiderer seated at his embroidery frame. Engraving, London, 1812.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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Handicrafts from around the world showcase the rich cultural heritage and artistic traditions of different regions. In Central America, specifically Panama, lies Cristobal - a town known for its vibrant handicraft scene. The Kuna Indians, indigenous to this area, are renowned for their traditional molas. These intricate textile panels depict colorful designs inspired by nature and everyday life. Traveling across continents to Europe, we find ourselves in County Clare, Ireland. Here, on the church wall of Killinaboy, stands an enigmatic Sheela-na-Gig carving. This ancient symbol represents fertility and protection against evil spirits. Venturing further into North Africa's bustling markets takes us to Marrakech in Morocco. Amidst the vibrant souks of Medina lie exquisite ceramics waiting to be discovered by eager shoppers. These beautifully handcrafted pieces reflect Morocco's rich history and diverse influences. In Fes, another Moroccan city steeped in tradition, mosaic walls adorning fountains captivate visitors with their intricate patterns and vivid colors. Each tile meticulously placed tells a story of craftsmanship passed down through generations. Heading westward to Mexico's Puebla State brings us to El Parian Market where Talavera Pottery reigns supreme. This distinctive style showcases Spanish influence blended with indigenous techniques resulting in stunning ceramic works that have become synonymous with Mexican culture. In Southwest America resides a deep-rooted connection between Native American tribes and handicrafts that tell stories of their ancestral pasts through pottery, jewelry-making, weaving techniques like Navajo rugs or Hopi kachina dolls. Crossing oceans once more leads us to Ethiopia's highlands where Injera baskets (Sifet) are crafted using age-old methods passed down within communities for centuries. These intricately woven baskets serve both functional purposes as storage containers and carry symbolic significance within Ethiopian culture.